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Johann Strauss’
Die Fledermaus
Helikon Opera of Moscow
Saturday, February 18, 2006
8:00 pm
Main Stage - $40
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Die Fledermaus remains a masterpiece
among operettas with scenes, music and
style that are not out of place in the world of
grand opera. In fact it has played everything
from the Salzburg Festival to the
Metropolitan Opera House. The light-hearted
story of Die Fledermaus ("The Bat") tells a
story of a society that only
comes alive after dark. The
flamboyantly voluptuous
Rosalinde arranges to meet
her former lover after her
husband, Gabriel von
Eisenstein is ordered to
prison. Eisenstein is diverted
to a party at Prince
Orlofsky’s villa by Dr. Falke,
and through a series of
false identities, Falke stage-manages
events to expose
the sexual hypocrisy of
Vienna society. The enchanting
Viennese waltz rhythms that are a trademark
of Johann Strauss bring an extra quality
of delight to the work.
Die Fledermaus is performed
by the Helikon
Opera of Moscow that
was created in 1990 by
director/producer Dmitri
Bertram and conductor
Kiril Tikhonov. The company
quickly established an
international reputation
for staging highly original
productions of classic and
avant-garde operas which
consistently display a passionate
commitment to superior, truthful acting - a rarity in opera
- harmoniously wedded to vocal excellence.
Join us for this lavishly staged
evening of opera sung in German with
English supertitles.
Click here for performance details.
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